Neurobiological models of two-choice decision making can be reduced to a one-dimensional nonlinear diffusion equation

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Roxin, Alex ^a   Ledberg, Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION; NEURONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

DECISIONS MAKINGS; EXTERNAL INPUT; MODELLING SYSTEMS; NEUROBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NONLINEAR DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; ORIGINAL SYSTEMS; RESPONSE BEHAVIOUR; SAMPLING MODEL; SEQUENTIAL SAMPLING;

DECISION MAKING;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HAPLORHINI; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEURONS;

EID: 41849119819     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000046     Document Type: Article

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